I would add that IMHO they are a rather core less party which as you said makes it easier to do almost anything having no values whatsoever except the expediency of the moment.
re: post 198
“Power is not a means; it is an end.
One does not establish a dictatorship in order to safeguard a revolution;
one makes the revolution in order to establish the dictatorship.
The object of persecution is persecution.
The object of torture is torture.
The object of power is power.”
George Orwell [Eric Blair] (1903-1950) “1984”
This is what we are facing, from enemies on two fronts: our own fifth-column Left, and the Islamofascists.